Awesome post! Taryn, I'm a huge fan of what you do at WarriorEliHoax - not just exposing fakers, but also taking the time to verify people who are truly sick via the news/medical records/etc. Really cool to read more about your process!

So, over on the Billfold, Michele posted a comment justifying why she thought it was okay to approach this group of students, which really resonated with me:

"These kids, on the other hand, were in DC completely as political actors. If they’re going to have a major world religion throw them a parade in the capital of the free world to tell me what *they* think, then they’re fair game in the course of doing that to spend two and a half minutes in a public space listening to what *I* think."